Peloni: Also see “After Netanyahu criticism, US touts Qatar’s ‘irreplaceable’ role in hostage talks”
The distinction between the assessment of Qatar by the US and Israel is a revealing consequence of America’s realignment towards Iran.
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Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu told the families of the hostages that he considers Qatar to be a problematic mediator between Israel and Hamas. In the video belowPrime Minister Netanyahu can be hear saying: “Qatar, from my point of view, is no different in essence than the United Nations… and the Red Cross, [Qatar] is even more problematic.”
Majed Al Ansari, the spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry tweeted the following in response to Netanyahu’s comments: “If the reported remarks are found to be true, the Israeli PM would only be obstructing and undermining the mediation process, for reasons that appear to serve his political career instead of prioritizing saving innocent lives, including Israeli hostages.”
Qatar’s response to the Prime Minister’s statement is classic Doha gaslighting. The fact is, if Qatar wanted to end the conflict with Hamas they could have done so already. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich said just this: “Qatar is the biggest obstacle for returning the hostages. We could get all 136 hostages tomorrow if Qatar would give Hamas an ultimatum to return all the hostages, and if the West would give Qatar an ultimatum to do that”
Qatar is not only funding Hamas and housing their leaders in 6 star hotels in Doha, but it has been playing a double game for years.?They fund universities and hospitals in the west as well as investing heavily in varied industries and at the same time they are the largest state sponsor of Jihadist ideology after Iran.
While everyone has been focusing on the Ayatollahs in Tehran, it has been Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani and his cohorts in Qatar that have slowly and carefully infiltrated western governments and learning institutions – shifting support among the younger generation to “palestinian” causes – even spinning Hamas in a different light.
Qatar is the largest funder of the Muslim Brotherhood around the world. It provides both state and popular support for the International Union of Muslim Scholars, the clerical arm of the Brotherhood. The global news site Al Jazeera, is not only funded by Qatar, but is also heavily influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood.
This can be seen by the fact that Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi who is the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas has a regular show on Al Jazaeera.?Qaradawi once declared that Hitler was divinely ordained to punish the Jews: “Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.”
Netanyahu is right, Qatar cannot be trusted because Qatar is Hamas. It has a vested interest in helping its fellow Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood members win and by doing so crash the burgeoning Abraham Accords, which was set to replace Doha -?leaving it far behind.
The challenge is that Biden sees Qatar and its leader Al Thani as a close ally -?equal to Israel.?The US has its largest air base in Middle East there.?In 2022, President Biden designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally. Qatar has spent years infiltrating the US government in a way many Israel haters claim AIPAC has.
If Israel wants to take out Hamas once and for all it must continue to take on Qatar.?Netanyahu may haveopened the door to finally doing just that.
I didn’t see the open door. Help, anyone?